City to discuss peanut plant 06-25-09

TOMMY YOUNG

Herald Staff Writer

Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, June 25, 2009

By TOMMY YOUNG

Herald Staff Writer

The Plainview City Council will meet in a special called session at 7 a.m. Friday in a closed meeting to consult with City Attorney Leslie Pearce on pending or contemplated litigation regarding the Peanut Corporation of America.

The council will re-convene in open session to consider and take appropriate action immediately following the closed session in council chambers.

Peanut Corporation of America filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in February after being linked to a salmonella outbreak that caused more than 600 people across the nation to become ill and possibly resulted in nine deaths. Most of the illnesses were traced back to the company's main plant in Blakely, Ga.; only 16 cases of salmonella poisoning were linked to the production plant in Plainview.